Food Vocabulary Worksheet
Word tip (Taste it in your mind): Five taste words: sugar is sweet, a lemon is sour, sea water is salty, karela is bitter, chillies are spicy. Meals by time: breakfast in the morning, lunch at midday, dinner at night. Group foods: fruits, vegetables, drinks and sweets — the odd one out belongs to another group.
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- 1.What does “ghee” mean? (a) melted, clear butter (b) small food between meals (c) milk set overnight (d) fresh Indian cheese
- 2.Which word is the odd one out? (a) ladoo (b) gulab jamun (c) onion (d) jalebi
- 3.Fill the gap: Raw mango ___ is spicy and sour. (a) jaggery (b) milk (c) honey (d) pickle
- 4.Which word is the odd one out? (a) spinach (b) cabbage (c) ladoo (d) potato
- 5.What does “pickle” mean? (a) list of dishes to order (b) spiced fruit kept in oil (c) the meal at night (d) sweet dish after a meal
- 6.Fill the gap: Mum put dal and rice in my ___ box for school. (a) recipe (b) salad (c) menu (d) tiffin
- 7.Which word means “sweet food made by bees”? (a) feast (b) honey (c) ghee (d) pickle
- 8.Fill the gap: Jalebi is a ___. (a) vegetable (b) fruit (c) sweet (d) drink
- 9.Which word is the odd one out? (a) rasgulla (b) jalebi (c) spinach (d) ladoo
- 10.Which word means “the meal at night”? (a) paneer (b) feast (c) snack (d) dinner
- 11.Fill the gap: We drink ___ when we are thirsty. (a) rice (b) chapati (c) water (d) bread
- 12.Which word is the odd one out? (a) milk (b) ladoo (c) kheer (d) barfi
- 13.Fill the gap: Sea water tastes ___. (a) sour (b) salty (c) spicy (d) sweet
- 14.Which word is the odd one out? (a) mango (b) barfi (c) jalebi (d) kheer
- 15.Fill the gap: Cows give us ___. (a) juice (b) milk (c) honey (d) jaggery
- 16.Which word means “the morning meal”? (a) chapati (b) breakfast (c) snack (d) menu
- 17.Which word means “a block of brown sugar”? (a) ghee (b) salad (c) honey (d) jaggery
- 18.Which word is the odd one out? (a) potato (b) cauliflower (c) cabbage (d) juice
- 19.Fill the gap: We eat ___ at midday, at about one o’clock. (a) dinner (b) lunch (c) breakfast
- 20.Which word means “a packed lunch box”? (a) tiffin (b) juice (c) chapati (d) feast
- 21.Which word is the odd one out? (a) water (b) milk (c) lassi (d) barfi
- 22.Which word is the odd one out? (a) ladoo (b) banana (c) rasgulla (d) kheer
- 23.Which word is the odd one out? (a) milk (b) guava (c) lassi (d) tea
- 24.Fill the gap: Paneer is made from ___. (a) milk (b) honey (c) wheat (d) rice
- 25.Which word is the odd one out? (a) buttermilk (b) milk (c) apple (d) tea
- 26.Fill the gap: Karela tastes ___. (a) salty (b) sweet (c) sour (d) bitter
- 27.Which word means “drink pressed from fruit”? (a) recipe (b) ghee (c) paneer (d) juice
- 28.Which word is the odd one out? (a) gulab jamun (b) water (c) rasgulla (d) jalebi
- 29.Which word means “flat round bread”? (a) tiffin (b) dal (c) chapati (d) snack
- 30.Fill the gap: A potato is a ___. (a) drink (b) fruit (c) spice (d) vegetable
- 31.Which word means “the meal at midday”? (a) salad (b) lunch (c) menu (d) breakfast
- 32.Which word means “a big, grand meal”? (a) salad (b) menu (c) feast (d) chapati
- 33.Which word is the odd one out? (a) lassi (b) cauliflower (c) potato (d) cabbage
- 34.Which word means “spiced fruit kept in oil”? (a) pickle (b) dal (c) curd (d) chapati
- 35.Which word means “cooked lentils”? (a) lunch (b) dinner (c) dal (d) snack
- 36.What does “breakfast” mean? (a) flat round bread (b) the meal at night (c) the morning meal (d) drink pressed from fruit
- 37.Which word means “melted, clear butter”? (a) ghee (b) tiffin (c) dessert (d) lunch
- 38.What does “dal” mean? (a) melted, clear butter (b) cooked lentils (c) steps to cook a dish (d) drink pressed from fruit
- 39.Fill the gap: Lassi is a ___. (a) drink (b) vegetable (c) fruit (d) snack
- 40.Fill the gap: Sugar tastes ___. (a) salty (b) sour (c) bitter (d) sweet
Answer key
- melted, clear butter
- onion
- pickle
- ladoo
- spiced fruit kept in oil
- tiffin
- honey
- sweet
- spinach
- dinner
- water
- milk
- salty
- mango
- milk
- breakfast
- jaggery
- juice
- lunch
- tiffin
- barfi
- banana
- guava
- milk
- apple
- bitter
- juice
- water
- chapati
- vegetable
- lunch
- feast
- lassi
- pickle
- dal
- the morning meal
- ghee
- cooked lentils
- drink
- sweet
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